linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] sched_clock

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Date:	Sun, 4 May 2008 10:00:30 +0530
From:	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de,
	guichaz@...il.com, andi@...stfloor.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	efault@....de
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sched_clock_cpu()

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 09:16:46PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 23:00:23 +0530
> 
> > On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 06:55:11PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > 
> > > * Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > it _DOESN'T_ boot ;-/ [...]
> > > 
> > > FYI, the merged version against sched-devel.git does boot fine here and 
> > > the clock does seem to advance as expected.
> > > 
> > 
> > boots here against linus as well.
> 
> If you tested on powerpc (just guessing), did you set
> HAVE_STABLE_CLOCK in arch/powerpc/Kconfig?  That's
> what you'll need to do to take advantage of the
> new code.

I was testing on x86. Let me boot it on a powerpc box, and give feedback
(I was more interested in getting it boot the first time and it was
already late :) )

-- 
regards,
Dhaval
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